Filter Results:
(528)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(528)
- People (1)
- News (208)
- Research (206)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (5)
- Faculty Publications (83)
Show Results For
- All HBS Web
(528)
- People (1)
- News (208)
- Research (206)
- Events (3)
- Multimedia (5)
- Faculty Publications (83)
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
businesses. From 2005 to 2009, the company focused on becoming a leading regional developer with a multiproduct offering. That strategy was successful, riding the wave of spectacular growth in the Chinese real estate sector from 1998 to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 2, 2010
to monetizing news in the digital landscape, which is real-time, searchable, sharable, multi-sourced, anytime, and any screen, were emerging in 2010. Could content creators get people to pay for what they watched, read, listened to, and shared online? Were news... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Commencement 2013 Address | About
coasters with the biggest vertical drops to keep my fear fresh. I wouldn’t want to forget how to terrify myself on command.” During your time here, you joined us on a similar roller coaster ride we called FIELD—an effort to reimage how we... View Details
- 19 May 2022
- News
Leading to Salvation
sorts of things. One of the deacons in her church rides a motorcycle. He brought his whole motorcycle group to the chapel parking lot that night to make sure nothing got damaged. And as the construction was going on, construction guys... View Details
- 22 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 22, 2015
Uber provides ride services much like a traditional taxi company, but it owns no cars and employs no drivers, and instead matches independent car owners with customers looking for rides. Airbnb provides a lodging service, but owns no... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
A Class Act
space is like the Wild West with a bunch of companies led by CEOs riding bareback at full speed. Hit a bump and you never know what you're going to land on. Daniel M. Schley (MBA '81) June 1999 I have always retained a vivid recollection... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- Person Page
Media
Media
This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
left the house in three weeks." You know, this conversation style can leave you feeling minimized or unheard. There are others like the “expert.” The “expert” knows more than you do and silences you with her confidence. If you might say, “I'm going to wear a mask on my... View Details
Keywords: Zoom
- 04 May 2018
- News
How to Win the Kentucky Derby
that they're ready to do something special, and there's going to be one out of 20 that is going to do something really special. And the jockeys are the same way. There are some jocks that will ride in the 2018 Kentucky Derby that have... View Details
Keywords: horse racing
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
in the modern economy. With so much riding on innovation, creativity, and spark, it is essential to attract and retain quality talent—but what good does this talent do if no one is able to speak their mind? The traditional culture of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Nov 2017
- News
How to Build a Winning Culture on a Losing Team
going lose about 100 games." She said, "So is your plan to be mad 100 nights a year?" Which was a really interesting insight. So the office does go up and down with wins and losses in terms of emotion because most of us are feisty and competitive and want to win. I... View Details
- 21 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 21
been a tough ride for Thomas Wilson who had taken over as CEO on January 1, 2007, and vowed to "reinvent protection and retirement for the consumer." Soon after this statement, a combination of exogenous shocks and fierce... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
My HBS Eureka Moment
Early Goals Ralph Dyer (MBA 1965) WHEN I WAS ABOUT 8 OR 10 YEARS OLD, my mother and I were in a taxi riding west on Storrow Drive. The cab driver was a talkative fellow who enjoyed pointing out important places, such as MIT and then... View Details
- 22 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 22, 2008
sales, and greater investment R&D facilities. But these mean changing the customer-centric strategy that has been key to Sandhar's success. Perhaps he should simply continue what has worked for so long, riding India's 20% domestic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Reaching Out
After researching the issue, including spending the better part of two days riding in taxis as an observer, Mukhtar came up with an idea. With drivers compelled by law to take their cars to special inspection centers every six months, his... View Details
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model Fasten, a new ridesharing start-up in Boston, entered the scene in September 2015 hoping its unique vision of transparency for both driver and passenger and strategy to keep riders’ fares low and charge drivers a flat... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
New Wave
energy. Verdant’s massive turbine system weighs 105 tons; installation required a barge ride from its New Jersey assembly location and a crane to lower it into the East River (Courtesy Verdant Power) If our laptops and lightbulbs do not... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
voter participation, and strengthening the pipeline of leaders entering political races. For Ballou-Aares, this mission is personal. Growing up with a single mom and limited resources, riding the subway back and forth to public school,... View Details
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Switzerland of Latin America.” Inspired by populist revolts against the status quo observable worldwide, Novick hoped he could ride popular momentum to break the political monopoly of the traditional parties and return the country to its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
ride this one out." At the same time, I've met very few who feel the situation is so bad it can't be fixed. Most people we've talked with feel we've got a real problem, it can be fixed, but it requires action. They're asking about... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin